Startforth
Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bowes Museum and Barnard Castle.
Bowes Museum
Museum
The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of Barnard Castle, in County Durham in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892.
Barnard Castle
Park
Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnard Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham, England.
Egglestone Abbey
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Egglestone Abbey is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey in County Durham, England. It is 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Barnard Castle, on the south bank of the River Tees, and was historically within the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barnard Castle and Lartington.
Barnard Castle
Photo: Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnard Castle is a market town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 5800 in 2021. It has a picturesque ruined castle and the over-the-top Bowes Museum.
Lartington
Hamlet
Photo: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lartington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles west of the town of Barnard Castle, in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 135.
Startforth
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.5361° or 54° 32′ 10″ northLongitude
-1.9326° or 1° 55′ 57″ westElevation
614 feet (187 metres)Open location code
9C6WG3P8+CXGeoNames ID
7293145
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